Carpet-fastener



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No. 548,444. Patented Oct. 22, 1895.

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CARPET FASTENER.

No. 548,444 Patented Oct. 22, 1895.

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WILLIAM D. LE FEVRE, OF LITTLESTOIVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARPET-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,4 1 i, dated October 22, 1895.

Application filed March 1, 1895. Serial No. 540,140- (No model.

To aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. LE FEVRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Littlestown, in the county of Adams and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to carpet-fasteners, and contemplates the provision of a device of the class named simple, durable, and cheap in construction, easy of application to or removal from the purpose for which it is intended, and effectual in fulfilling such purpose.

To the accomplishmentof the above-named ends the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts comprised in the device, substantially as is hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 represents a side elevation of one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section therethrough on the line a: w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through Fig. 1 on the line y y. Fig. 4: represents a sectional elevation of a step provided with a carpet held in position by my improved fastener. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 4;. Figs. 6 to 12 represent differentembodimentsofmyimprovement. Fig. 13 shows in front elevation a modification of the upper part of my invention. Fig. 14 is a vertical section taken on the line .2 z of Fig. 13.

The device set forth in the above-described illustrations and hereinafter specifically described and claimed, while more particularly designed for use in holding stair-carpets in position, is yet capable of being used to good advantage in connection with carpets upon floors and will be found when used in either of the positions named not only to be easy of application to or removal from the carpets, but also to effectually hold such carpet in proper position, while the device itself is hard to be removed by any accident from the carpet, all of which results are due directly to the peculiar construction of the fastener, aconstruction whereby the body proper of such fastener operates as springs to hold and press the securing-points of the device firmly through the carpet and into the treads and risers of stairs or floors and base of rooms where such device is employed.

With the above ends in view I preferably make the fastener of a single piece of wire, so bending the same at suitable points as to form the outline of any desired figure-as, for instance, circles, squares, triangles, birds, animals, drc.and at the same time to leave the opposite ends of the wire free to f ulfiil the functions of spring-legs, for the purpose above named.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the fastener formed, as shown, of a single piece of wire,preferably spring-wire, bent at b b to form the outline of the figure desired, and at the same time to cause the opposite ends of the wire to cross at c, as shown, and to thus form spring-legs G C. I preferably sharpen the extreme ends of the spring-legs O G at d and bend said ends downward to enter the step or floor.

I provide the upper portion 6 of the fastener with a laterally-projecting point f, which, when the fastener is in position, extends into the riser of the stairs or base of the room wherein said fastener is used.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the pointfis inclined upwardly. This is an important feature of my improvement and one upon which I place great stress, for reasons that will be presently explained.

In Figs. 8 and 9 I show a modification of the upper part of my improved fastener, which consists in forming an aperture 9 through the upper part of said fastener and using an ordinary tack h in lieu of the pointf. I provide that the aperture 9 has an upwardly-inclined direction. Thus the tack 77. extends into riser or base in an inclined direction, as will be readily seen.

In practice the lower points 61 of the spring legs 0 G are first put into position, after which the body of the fastener is pressed downward, the spring-legs yieldingfor such purpose. The pointfis now inserted through the carpet and into the riser of the steps or base of the room. As will be readily understood the action of the legs 0 0 will be to maintain a constant pressure between the ICO points d and f, which pressure operates to hold such points firmly in position and against accidental displacement.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I show the application of my improved fastener to a stair-carpet in the first-named figure. The points 01 and fare clearly shown in their connection with the tread and riser of the stairs.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. As a new article of manufacture, a carpet fastener comprising a single piece of wire, bent upon itself to form abody A, of any desired outline, securing points d, projecting downwardly from the opposite ends of said Wire, and a securing point f, projecting laterally, in an upwardly inclined direction from said wire at the body portion A, substantially as described.

2. A carpet fastener, having a body A, comprising a single piece of wire, bent upon itself at b, to form different desired figures, and crossed at c, to form spring legs 0, C, securing points 01, projecting from said spring legs 0, O, and a securing pointf, projecting from the body A, laterally in an upwardly inclined direction, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WVILLIAM D. LE FEVRE.

Witnesses:

WALTER E. KREBS, JOHN P. Ln FEVRE. 

